BACKGROUND In view of high out-of-pocket costs and low spending even for basic healthcare for the poor employed in the unorganized sector, policy makers in India have turned their attention to developing a financing mechanism for social health insurance with the desire to provide quality care to the poor and economically disadvantaged. OBJECTIVES This study aims to assess and determine the di...

As a part of the curriculum for the undergraduate students, the Department of Community Medicine, Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore, conducted a program that focused on the water issues for workers at construction sites.[1] This was to sensitize the students toward the health in the unorganized sector. A “role play” by the students was followed by a demonstration of inexpensive and sustainabl...

Social security has been viewed in numerous countries as one of the most efficient ways mitigating economic insecurities working population. The sectors and people to whom such social schemes apply have a subject much debate ever since inception policies India. In 2020, Security Code was enacted with view amend consolidate laws relating India extend all employees, either organized or unorganize...

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India, with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched India’s first-of-its-kind report on the nature and dynamics of urban poverty in the country. The Report presented in 16 chapters provides a good insight on various issues of urban poverty such as basic services to urban poor, migration, urban e...